Howard Peries
(George)
Howard began acting at Yeshiva University in New York City where he appeared in The Boys Next Door and The Elephant Man. Locally, Howard has appeared at Theater Memphis, Next Stage Theater Memphis, Germantown Community Theater, Jewish Community Theater, Arlington Community Theater, Rhodes College, Theaterworks, and The Memphis Black Repertory Theater. Some of Howard's favorite shows were: Children of a Lesser God, The Nerd, Twilight of the Gods, and The Boys in the Band. Howard is honored to be making his debut at Playhouse 51.
Tayna Shafer
(Doris)
SuzannTanya Shafer has been performing on stage since the first grade. Her artistic talents include singing, acting and dancing – along with stunt and aerialist work. She is also a Certified Fitness Trainer. Ms. Shafer has performed in shows with corporations such as Disney, Universal Studios, Sea World and Reba Entertainment. Her hobbies include song writing, knitting, working out and riding her motorcycle. Tanya recently moved to the Millington area and is excited to be a part of the “Playhouse 51” family.
Director
Bill Roraback
Bill makes his directing debut for Playhouse 51 with Same Time Next Year. Bill has appeared in the Playhouse 51 productions of It's a Wonderful Life: The Radio Play, and Goodbye Charlie. Bill is a retired Navy Submariner who first started performing in Greece and Germany in the early 1980's. Married for 29 years with 2 children. After he retired from the Navy, he returned to the stage first as Uncle Teddy in Arsenic and Old Lace. He went on to perform in Ten Little Indians as Detective Blore, My Son is Crazy but Promising as Oysters Rockefeller, and to direct several one act plays that competed in the Georgia Theatre Conference Community Theatre division, winning that division in 2000 with No Fading Star, then competing with that play at the South East Theatre Conference.
Assistant Director
Pamela Bedford
Pamela Bedford has been involved in theatre since she was in middle school. IN her high school years, she was heavily involved with the Millington Central High theatre. She was involved, in various ways, with their productions of Harvey, Barefoot in the park, and Bang,Bang, You're dead - among others. She is thrilled to be working with playhouse 51 and getting active once again.
